Publication type: Non-refereed

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    The impact of surface dynamo magnetic fields on the chemical abundance determination
    The solar abundances of Fe and of the CNO elements play an important role in addressing a number of important issues such as the formation, structure, and...
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    The Impact of the Integrated Galaxy IMF on Supernovae Rate
    Recent research regarding the star formation in star clusters on galaxy wide scales indicates that, in the hypothesis that all stars are born within clusters...
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    The Impact of the Mass Spectrum of Lenses in Quasar Microlensing Studies. Constraints on a Mixed Population of Primordial Black Holes and Stars
    We show that quasar microlensing magnification statistics induced by a population of point microlenses distributed according to a mass-spectrum can be very well...
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    The Impact of, and Evidence for, Stellar Migration in Disk Galaxies
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    The importance of geotechnical studies for siting an ELT
    Site selection is, no doubt, one of the most important preliminary studies in any telescope project since the image quality of the telescope will be limited by...
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    The Importance of Having an Extended Point-spread Function in Low Surface-brightness Science
    Obtaining and characterizing the extended point-spread function (PSF) is essential to extract accurate photometric information from deep imaging surveys. In...
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    The importance of improved collision cross sections in deriving interstellar cloud parameters from rotational line spectra
    It is shown how present uncertainties in the ability to compute collisional cross sections for rotational transitions can lead to order of magnitude errors in...
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    The importance of professional role models and changing stereotypes in fostering STEM vocations
    Recent studies show that in Europe we are losing women's talent in some key disciplines for the future, particularly those directly related to astronomy. In...
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    The importance of Scientific literacy in our Society
    Scientific literacy in our society has entered a period of serious decline. Contrary to our perception, the interest of lay people for the sciences has not...